Temer said an estimated 700 to 800 Venezuelans cross the border at the town of Pacaraima every day

Brazil may limit that number to between 100 and 200 people per day, the president said, just hours after his government vowed to send armed forces to maintain order“It is inadmissible what is happening. It is plunging the continent into discord,” Temer said. The law and order decree in Roraima will be in effect for 15 days.

The Brazilian government may restrict entrance of Venezuelans at the border in the remote northwestern state of Roraima, President Michel Temer said on Wednesday, after a flood of migrants has strained local services and sparked violence with residents.

Speaking in a radio interview, Temer said it could be necessary to put a daily cap on the number of Venezuelans allowed to cross the border into Roraima as local authorities were being overwhelmed by a migration crisis.

Most of those head to other Spanish-speaking countries in South America, but a rising number are heading to Brazil via Venezuela’s remote southern frontier.

Temer said an estimated 700 to 800 Venezuelans cross the border at the town of Pacaraima every day.

Brazil may limit that number to between 100 and 200 people per day, the president said, just hours after his government vowed to send armed forces to maintain order in the area.

“It is inadmissible what is happening there [Venezuela]. It is plunging the continent into discord,” Temer said.

Residents of Pacaraima ran riot this month and drove out Venezuelan immigrants after a restaurant owner was stabbed and beaten. The demonstrations forced many immigrants to flee back across the frontier to their crisis-stricken country.

Temer said the decree to reestablish law and order in Roraima will be in effect for 15 days.